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Fay Pickersgill. Fay Pickersgill is a Jamaican diplomat who was Jamaican ambassador to China. [1] She held the record of the longest serving Director of Tourism at the Jamaican Tourist Board holding this position for nine years (from 1994 to 2003). She was awarded the Order of Distinction (Commander Class) for her work in the tourism industry ...
Barbara Joy Gloudon OD OJ IOJ ( née Goodison; 5 February 1935 [1] – 11 May 2022) was a Jamaican writer. She received two Seprod Awards from the Press Association of Jamaica and Order of Distinction. Gloudon was a scriptwriter for Jamaica's Little Theatre Movement (LTM) [2] and wrote radio drama. She hosted a radio talk show for thirty years ...
From 1970 to 1976 Abrahams was executive director of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica. He was also chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board around the same time, overseeing a large increase in tourism—tourist arrivals rose 40 percent and "foreign travel receipts" 56 percent, almost doubling the number of guest rooms on the island ...
Jamaica has encouraged travelers to continue to come to the island, which last year hosted 4.1 million people, according to a statement the Jamaica Tourist Board provided NPR.
According to Visit Jamaica, part of the governmental Jamaica Tourism Board, the rate of crime against visitors to Jamaica is a low 0.01%. "As with any place in the world, you should always ...
The Jamaica Tourist Board also affirmed, “Overall, the crime rate against visitors to Jamaica remains extremely low at 0.01%,” as reported by NPR. The Bahamas, on the other hand, ...
The Hon. Abraham Elias Issa CBE OJ (October 10, 1905 – November 29, 1984) was a Jamaican businessman, entrepreneur and hotelier acclaimed as "The Father of Jamaican Tourism". [1] As the first president of the Jamaica Tourist Board he guided the rise and boom in Jamaican tourism of the late 1950s. His business accomplishments include the ...
The CTO, with headquarters in Barbados, is the Caribbean’s tourism development agency. Its member countries and territories include the Dutch, English, French and Spanish, as well as a myriad of private sector allied members. Among other functions, the organization provides specialized support and technical assistance in sustainable tourism ...